Nexus 5 tethering block?

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• Start dateNov 5, 2013

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  yakman66

  I have the T-mobile $30 unlimited prepaid plan and I ran into the tethering block after getting my Nexus 5.
  
  I was able to work around the issue by modifying the following sqlite database (you'll need root):
  /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
  
  You need to add a new entry to the global table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0.
  
  It looks like you need to do this because some configuration data was added to Android for T-mobile that forwards tethered data to this APN: pcweb.tmobile.com
  T-mobile is probably checking to see if your account has tethering enabled when you go through this APN.
  
  After I made this change I also needed to change my APN settings so that it uses ipv4 instead of ipv6. It seems like tethering with ipv6 does not work 100% yet.
  
  I hope this helps.

  Nov 7, 2013View
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  *child

  I know you guys already have a few ways to add tether_dun_required = 0 to settings.db, but I just thought I'd make a flashable zip for those that want it. All credit goes toyakman66. If you are going to thank this post, please thank his first.
  
  To install, download the installer ZIP to your device, flash from recovery and reboot. An uninstaller is also available.
  
  For more information, seeGitHub.
  
  Downloads:
  1.0 Installer
  1.0 uninstaller
  
  Let me know how it goes.

  Dec 14, 2013View
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  tonyp

  Headsup: I didn't look deeper into the issue as it doesn't affect me, just thought I'd drop some ideas which might help to make the process of manually editing the sqlite db simpler :fingers-crossed:
  
  
  I'm not sure if this works in the tethering context, but you could try to insert the value via adb:
  

  Code:

  adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/global --bind name:s:tether_dun_required --bind value:i:0

  Or open a terminal emulator and execute that line (without the adb shell part).
  
  Edit:confirmed working!
  Edit2: I've changed system to global in the above command. It doesn't really matter as both places will be correctly read, but global is the correct one according to the doc.
  
  
  As an alternative one could easily create a flashable zip which adds the dun line.
  See here for instructions:
  http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1621602
  (it's probably best to ship the sqlite binary within the flashable zip and reference it as stock ROMs don't have it included)

  Dec 6, 2013View
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  rcauvin

  Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Nexus 5 Tethering and Hotspot
  
  Based on what I read in this thread and other sources, and after a lot of trial and error getting everything to work yesterday, I've compiled the following guide to working around the problems some T-Mobile users are having with Nexus 5 tethering and hotspots:
  
  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wso8Cb3rU0DApFe2lg5RcMrelAEoYY-fZ4MAghnIuqs/edit?usp=sharing
  
  Feedback and corrections are welcome.

  Nov 8, 2013View
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  DOHCtor

  

  

  Nov 7, 2013View